9.18 Customizing Cluster Services Management

Some portions of Novell Cluster Services management can be performed and custom by using virtual XML files that exist in the /admin/Novell/Cluster directory on Linux.

The cluster-related virtual XML files (management access points) are created on each server's /admin/Novell/Cluster directory. These files let you manage the cluster from any node in the cluster. This means that as long as the cluster is running, you can always access the cluster-related XML virtual files in the /admin/Novell/Cluster directory.

There are two types of virtual files in the /admin/Novell/Cluster directory: XML files and CMD files. The XML files are read-only and contain cluster configuration or cluster state information. The CMD files are write-then-read command files that are used to issue commands to the cluster and retrieve resulting status.